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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

H. E. FICKETT, OF GLENS FALLS, NEW YORK.

CLOTHES-DRIRE.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 29,870, dated September 4, 1860.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, H. E. FIcKErT, of Glens Falls, in the county ofWarren and State of New York, have invented, made, and applied to use anew and Improved Apparatus for Drying Clothes; and I do declare thefollowing to be a full, correct,

and exact description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, making a part of this specication, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, in which- Figure I, is a frontperspective view of my improved clothes drier. Fig. II, is a top view ofthe same. Fig. III, an end perspective view of the same, when folded.Fig. IV, a view of my improved drier when combined with the standard andsocket by which means the drier is rotated. Fig. V, a view of thestandard, showing the buttons attached to the sides of the same. Fig.VI, an interior view of the socket inserted in the ground for supportingthe standard, showing the grooves or ribs in the same. Fig. VII, a viewof the hub, to which are attached the arms, and into which the standardis inserted. Fig. VIII, a top view of the socket employed.

Similar parts of the invention, are designated by the same letters inthe drawings.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and operation ofa clothes drier as hereinafter described.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to speak of its construction and operation.

A represents a central hub, to which are attached in any desired way aseries of radial arms B, B, B, B, so attached to the hub A, that theycan be readily folded or closed and assume the position shown in Fig.III. These arms are provided with a series of openings or holes, a., c,a, through which are inserted the cords C, C, C, upon which the clothesto be dried are hung.

To the lower portion of the hub A, is attached the rope D and anchor E,for -the purpose of preventing the drier from being overturned or easilymoved from the position in which it is placed.

In connection with the different portions of my invention, thus farenumerated, I employ a standard F, which is inserted in an opening inthe under side of the hub A and serves to support the drier. Thisstandard F rests in the socket G, inserted in the ground and whichsocket G is ribbed on its interior and provided with a series ofopenings (c, a, Fig. VI), which allow any waste water that mayaccumulate in the socket G to run olf, which were the socket G notribbed on its interior would cause the standard F to swell and preventits removal from socket G. By this means the removal of the drier andstandard can at any time be readily effected.

By using my drier in connection with the standard F and socket G, I amenabled to make a stationary or revolving drier as may be desired.

IVhen I desire to have the drier stationary I adjust the buttons or someequivalent means, thus allowing them to assume a horizontal position, bywhich means the standard F, to which is attached the drier is depressedand the bottoms of the arms vB, B are placed on a level with the ground,

thus preventing the drier from revolving.

Then a drier that shall revolve is desired, the buttons 5, are adjustedand assume a vertical position. By this means the standard F is elevatedand the drier attached t-o the same will revolve freely, inasmuch as itis elevated a suiiicient distance from the ground to do so.

A series of stays c, c, c, are shown in Fig. IV, which serve to retainthe arms B, B in their distended position, and prevents the closing ofthe same while in a position to revolve, being attached as they aredirectly to one arm and fastened to another.

I claim- The drier constructed substantially as described, incombination with the standard F, and ribbed socket G, the whole arrangedand operated as described, and for the purpose specified.

H. E. FICKETT.

In presence of- A. SIDNEY DoANE, JNO. VARD, J r.

